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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    Lurch then Crunch. My ATS-V Coupe was in a minor but what turned out a very expensive collision. A week before Christmas I was in a Valero station. Each island had three pumps. The pump on one end was in use so I used the pump on the other end. I was holding the valve wide open and looking away...
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    Stock ATS-V Heads Make the Power!

    So this was testing on an engine dyno not flow testing?
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    [PRODUCT REVIEW] Weapon-X 180° Thermostat For LT4 Engine

    I just noticed this post is in the wrong forum. Well...duh My bad.
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    Stock ATS-V Heads Make the Power!

    What about the set of ported LF4 heads was problematic?
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    When we had "Pearl", the only problems we had with the 8L90 were 1) a sometimes harsh 1-2 shift at light throttle and while still warming up. It was a minor annoyance and 2) failure of the trans temp sensor which required warranty replacement of the 8L90s entire internal wiring harness. Our...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    All's Well that Ends Badly Once again, it's been a long time since I've posted here, but it's time for an update. Unfortunately, the news is not good. Back in early July, my Wife, the Fairest Sandra the Red, came home from work saying that when she started her ATS-V sedan, "Pearl," prior to...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    Finally! Our '16 Sedan, "Pearl, is back on the road with its third engine. My Wife, the Fairest Sandra the Red, has about 100 miles on it with no problems and she's happy to have her car back after a couple of months parked on the dealer's back lot waiting for parts. With this engine...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    Another New Engine Ok, now...let's check-in on my other ATS-V, the early-'16 four-door my Wife, the Fairest Sandra the Red, drives. That's been another warranty problem-child. Like the Blue Bullet, my six-speed Coupe, it had to have it's engine replaced due to the oil smoke after cold start...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    Finally...a V-Blog Update It's been a long time since I've reported on the two ATS-Vs my Wife and I own. My late '16 Coupe now has 28982 miles total and 6412 miles since the engine was replaced last year. Since then the car has been trouble free. After having to replace the powertrain from the...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    Sorry I took so long to reply. My bad. I've ignored this thread too long. I am not a big Mobil 1 guy. Typically, I do not use it. It's very-well marketed. Driven Racing Oil uses an mPAO base. Ironically, the mPAO base stock was developed by Exxon-Mobil about five years ago but is not used in...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    At this point, I have 1290 miles on the replacement engine in my 2016 Coupe. So far, there have been no problems with the installation. In addition to the new engine, at about the same time, my dealer, Bunnin Cadillac, as part of Cadillac's Premium Maintenance program, both the engine air...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    The cars you list are a pretty wide range, however, if you are really focused on the compact sedan segment, of the cars you list, the ATS-V and Guilia are characteristic of cars that size. If you are concerned about performance, keep in mind that the ATS-V is a much better choice than the Giulia...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    So far, I've been unable to ascertain what the problem is with LF4 engines built in 2016 which causes only the front two cylinders to have a loss of proper ring seal which causes the oil smoke on cold start problem. There was some communication with my pal at Bunnin Cadillac, Technician Luis...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    I'm too cheap to subscribe to Consumer Reports but I do read CD. I stay off forums when I'm drinking.
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    I finally have the imagery from the diagnostic session on the engine in my '16 Coupe which was done three weeks ago at Bunning Cadillac. Keep in mind that HFV6es uses a cylinder numbering system that is different from most other GM engines. The driver side bank is "Bank 2" which is...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    How did you get reliability data for those cars? I find it hard to get that kind of info, other than the JD Power studies which do not break down the data by model. I'm not gown up yet. I don't have grandkids and my Stepson is out of college. My neighbor's kids are the closest I have to...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    Nissan 370Z or GT-R. 2020 Nissan 370Z Coupe Sports Car | Nissan USA or Discover the 2019 Nissan GT-R | Nissan USA Why would I want any of those? A Corvette can run circles around around the Supra and the Z. As for the GT-R, which is a fairly good sports coupe, but I'm not gonna get...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    I with you on that...what is it with the natural gas thing. I can only guess that Royal Dutch Shell, which owns the Penzoil brand, is using natural gas as the start of that product. As whether it's a group III or group IV base stock...I have no idea. It is true that we got an employee discount...
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    A Little-V Blog: The ATS-V purchase and ownership experience

    I think GM was stumped back when the first engine had to be replaced, but I think they knew there was a problem by the time I began complaining about the second cold-start-smoke problem. Because of that, I was kinda pissed that they made me jump though all the same hoops....sending them a...
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